Toothbrush container



'March 18 1924b 1 4$ A. E. ENGLAND TOOTHBRUSH CONTAI NER Original FiledJune. 15 1922 INVENTOR. Qrzfimr 5. En} Kind A TTORNEY.

. Patented Mar. 18,1924.

v I. l-(i UNITED- STATES ARTHl J'B E. ENGLAND, OI BROOKLYN, YORK.

' TOOTHBRUSH CONTAINER.

Application filed June 15, 1922. Serial No. 568,426. Renewed July 26,1928.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. E ncnANn, acitizen of the United States, residing a ,Brooklyn, State of New York,have invent- .others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform a. part of this specification.

My invention relates to sanitary antiseptic containers for tooth brushesand the like. The object is to provide a simple, inexpen sive,individual, sanitary container for a tooth brush which will preserve thebrush in a clean, dry, sterile condition when not in use and which is soconstructed as to be easily and quickly disassembled for cleaning. Thecontainer is provided with a disinfectant carrier which is releasablypositioned within the container so that it may be easily removedtherefrom for re-filling and which carrier is also so constructed thatit may be adj ustably positioned at any point desired within thecontainer.

The above and other objects, together with the details of construction,will more fully appear from the following description, appended claimsand accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through my container securedin position upon a supporting wall.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bracket memr. My improved tooth brushcontainer is shown in the drawing as secured to a wall 10. It is obviousthat it might be secure-d at any other suitable place.

The container comprises a tubular receptacle 11 closed at one end andopen at the opposite end. This receptacle might preferably be made ofglass and is of such size as to easily accommodate the brush portion ofa tooth brush. I provide in connection with the receptacle a bracketmember 12 which is secured to the wall, as shown in the figures of thedrawing, by means of screws 13. This bracket extends outwardly from thewall and is perforated as at 14, being punched upwardly to provide aflaring mouth 15. This opening 14 through the above this flaring mouthof the bracket shelf.

The upright annular portion of this member 16 is divided into a seriesof segments '16 which grip the open end of the container 11 so as tohold it firmly in the upright position upon the bracket.

I have provided a carrier for disinfectant 1n the form of an annularchannel section 18 which is provided with a series of perforations 18and is adapted to be inserted within the container 11. This channelsection is of metal and carries a ring 19 which bears outwardlyyieldingly against the wall of the container so that it will retain itsposition at any point to which it may be adjusted vertically within thecontainer. This ring 19 abovereferred to is a resilient, absorbentdisinfectant carrying ring formed of felt or other suitable material.

When it is desired to use this container the brush portion 20 of a toothbrush 21 may be inserted through the opening 14 so that the brush willbe supported as shown in Fi 1 by means of the bristles overhanging theflaring mouth 15 of the bracket shelf. It is evident that the brush maybe forced through the opening, the bristles bending to permit of itsentrance into the container, or the opening may be of such slze in agiven direction as to permit the free passage of the brush therethoughand itssupport by the edge of the wall at the opening when the brush isrotated a quarter turn so that its bristles will overhang one edge ofthe opening. The disinfectant carrying ring may be positioned within thecontainer at any height desired. An important feature of the device isthe fact that it may be easily cleaned. The glass tube may be removedfrom the shelf for cleaning and the disinfectant carrying ring removedfrom the interior of the glass tube.

What I claim is:

In an article of manufacture, a tubular container for a tooth brush,which container is open at one end, an expansible annular metal channelmember removably receivable within said container, and an absorbentdisinfectant carrying rin remov- 6 ably receivable within the channeportion of said annular member adapted to be held 7 outwardly by saidmember to frictionally n testimony whereof I sign this specifieation.

ARTHUR E. ENGLAND.

